NEWARK, N.J.—Just going by the score, Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals was a carbon copy of Game 1, a 2-1 overtime win for the Los Angeles Kings after the New Jersey Devils had found a way to tie the game in regulation.

It was so much more than that. Jonathan Quick made 31 saves for Los Angeles, the same total Martin Brodeur made for New Jersey in an exciting contest filled with scoring chances, the last of which went to Jeff Carter 13:42 into overtime.

After a dreary opening game to the series plagued by subpar ice conditions and two teams getting a feel for each other, play opened up Saturday. This time, the score was low not because of lack of opportunities, but because of great goaltending. The goals all were highlight-reel quality, especially the one that Kings defenseman Drew Doughty scored in the first period.

Carter's winner came on a circling play around the net, after Brodeur had made an initial save on him. It gave the Kings an NHL-record 12th consecutive playoff road win, dating to last year. Los Angeles is 10-0 on the road in this year's playoffs, also a record.

The Devils' challenge is now to become the first team since the 1966 Montreal Canadiens to come back to win the Stanley Cup after dropping the first two games of the finals on home ice.

Game 3 is Monday in Los Angeles, as the Devils get on a plane for the first time since returning home from the decisive seventh game of the first round in Florida.

Picking up where they left off in overtime of Game 1 before Doughty's chip out of the zone led to Anze Kopitar's winning goal, the Devils opened the game with a strong showing on the forecheck led by their captain, Zach Parise, and his linemates.

Parise, Travis Zajac and Dainius Zubrus proved a handful for the Kings throughout the early stages of the game, but Los Angeles did not buckle under the pressure, and Quick was more than capable of dealing with the 11 shots he faced in the opening period.

Los Angeles only managed six shots in the first 20 minutes, but there was one big one that made the difference on the scoreboard. Doughty gained control of the puck at the Kings' blue line and curled back into the defensive zone, avoiding a forechecking try by David Clarkson. As New Jersey changed lines, Doughty started up the ice, and motored by the Devils' bench as Patrik Elias went through the door at the end of his shift.

At the New Jersey blue line, Doughty skated around Ryan Carter to gain the zone, then avoided a stick check by Stephen Gionta. By the time defenseman Bryce Salvador stepped up to try his luck at stopping Doughty's rush, it was too late. A wrist shot was launched, and as it sailed over Brodeur's blocker and into the net, the arena fell silent except for a few shouts from the scattered Los Angeles supporters.

In the second period, Quick kept things quiet with some of his best work, and help from his teammates. The Vezina Trophy finalist stopped a sharp-angle shot by Alexei Ponikarovsky, but could not control the rebound. Anton Volchenkov got to the puck, but Colin Fraser was able to make the critical block.

Another blocked shot, by Rob Scuderi on Clarkson, nearly turned into a goal for the Devils as the puck pinballed back toward the net and Quick was just able to get his skate to it with 5:23 to go in the second.

New Jersey continued firing away, specifically from the points. As the clock ticked under two minutes in the second, a Salvador shot proved particularly tricky, and Marek Zidlicky's try after gathering the rebound was deflected wide.

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Finally, Zidlicky did get a redirection play to work, 2:59 into the third period, with Ryan Carter steering in the tying goal. It was Carter's fourth tally in the last seven games, and all four have either tied games or given the Devils the lead. His other goal in this year's playoffs wound up being the decisive one in Game 1 of the first round.

The Kings got a chance to reclaim the lead late in the third period after Zubrus was called for interference off a faceoff in the Los Angeles zone with 3:05 left, but a Doughty hooking penalty 50 seconds later nullified the man advantage. When the Devils got their own abbrivated power play at the end of a 1:10 session of four-on-four, they also were not able to score. Back at even strength, Ilya Kovalchuk's slap shot from the right side of the slot missed the target, and it was on to overtime for the second straight game.

The last time the first two games of the finals went to overtime was 1951, when all five contests between the Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs went to OT, starting with a split in Montreal. Toronto, which won the first of those games, went on to win the final three, taking the Cup on a goal by Bill Barilko, who died in a plane crash that summer.